Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-04
CONGRESS ONCE MORE.
THE SENATE TO ADJOURN OUT OF RESPECT
TOTHE MEMORY OF LOGAN
The Interstate Commerce Bill 10 be Taken Up On
Wednesday and Probably Pushed 70 the End
Some Interesting Statistics On the Sub
jeei Of Interstate Commerce.

WASHINGTON, January 3.--ln the SEN
ate tomorrow after the reading of the
Journal, Senator Cullom will formally an-
uounce the death of his colleague and the
Senate will adjourn as a mark of respect to
his memory.
Wednesday at 2 O'Clock, and probably
earlier, Mr. Cullom will ask the Senate to
proceed to the consideration of the Inter
State Commerce bill, and there is a gener-
al impression that the measure will be Ia
ken up and will form the chief topic of dis
eussion thereafter until it is disposed of.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS
of the bill providing for the establishment
of agricultural experiment stations, while
the bill to prohibit members of Congress
from actingas attorneys for railroads comes
over with the accrued rights of long
postponed special order. 1t isnot improb
able that these measures, especially the
latter, will command some portion of the
morning hours of the Senate, and one or
both may be disposed of during the week.
Ii is not expected that any appropriation
bill will be ready for consideration by the
Senate this week. 1t is expected that the
legislative week in the House will be con-
sumed by the discussion of appropriate
bills and the measures reported from the
Committee on Agriculture, providing for
the erection of a department of agriculture
and labor. There are
FOUR APPROPRIATION BILLS
now upon the calendar, the Indian, Mill
tary Academy, Diplomatic, and Consular
and Pension. None OF these measures is
likely to give rise to extended debate. eX-
cept possibly the Diplomatic and Consular
bill, owing to its radical change as COM
pared with former bills, and its increased
appropriations Nearly all OF the meas
ures which have been made special orders
are likely to be pressed for action TT the
first opportunity that may offer when the
House is not engaged in the consideration
OF Appropriation bills. In addition to the
bill for the creation of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture and Labor,
already mentioned, this list includes
the Dunn Free Ship bill; the Pacific Rail-
road Funding bill; the Oklahoma bill, and
one for the reorganization of the Navy
Department. Towards the latter part of
the week it is expected that the conferees
on the Electoral Count bill will report an
agreement and request the House to take
final action, which will probably be
granted.
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Transportation Routes to
the SeabOard, authorizes the publication
OF the report of that committee upon the
subject of railroad treights in the United
States and other countries, the study OF
which, for the purpose OF settling certain
questions pertaining to Interstate conf
merce, has long been in progress by his
committee.
The appointment Ola
SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTER
STATE COMMERCE
somewhat modified the work originally
mapped out by the Committee on Trans
pOrtatiOn routes to the seaboard, and that
committee decided not 10 take testimony as
it was authorized to do, but to conduct
special line of inquiry, to ascertain, If pos
sible, the relative progress of the various
grain producing centerS. The complete
report makes five hundred pages of printed
matter and cOntaing many valuable tables
and much information on the subject of
| transportation, gathered from nearly every
country in the world.
The first table presented indicates the
PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
For generation. Thirty-three years ago
we produced 100, 0OO 600 bushels of wheat,
and about 600, 900, 900 bushels Of corn.
Twice in recent years we have reached 500
OO0, 600 bushels of wheat and in 1896 the
corn crop reached 800, 0OO, 900 bushels-a
five fold increase in wheat and 4 three fold
increase in corn. The increase in other ce-
reals has not been so rapid, nor are they
regarded by the committee rs so impOr-
tant as the increasein wheat and corn. In
the export trade, the committee says,
wheat has already ranked first in value,
| and in - Years has added s., 600, 600 to the
value of our national production, a sum
| equivalent to four times the value OF eN-
ported corn and cornmeal during the same
period. The report shows the countries to
which every bushel ofthis grain has been
| exported and the percentage of exports
each year from 1850 to lSS3. The report
also shows
THE MOVEMENT or GRAIN